Love your work Workshops with at-desk coaching to help you increase productivity, experience playful momentum and feel more in control.

Our uniquely practical approach…At-desk coaching:Unlike other training companies, we’re passionate about making sure people implement the things we cover on our workshops straight away so that real change happens. We structure our sessions to include workshop-room time as well as at-desk coaching. So on ‘Getting Your Inbox to Zero’ for example, people actually GET their inboxes to zero by the end of the 3 hours - not just talk about it. Blended learning:We see learning as a process that happens from the moment your delegates receive their invite to the workshop, right through to the weeks and months afterwards. We offer an email follow-up service to help make sure the learning sticks. We’re also available on email if your team have any follow-up questions and we love sharing our own experiences with a full range of different tools - between us, we know all the best tips and tricks for Outlook, Gmail, PC, Mac, pen and paper, iPhone, Blackberry and whatever else you might use!

Why we’re different

They our work

“BA is the land of meetings!

This was a refreshing, to the point

and interactive session which has

really made us think about using our time

for meetings more productively and in some

cases questioning our need for a meeting at all. A well

prepared, presented and superbly timed ‘meeting’

which gave us an opportunity as a group to share

problems and helped us to find practical solutions. ”

Alison Jenson, British Airways

“I know this sounds completely

bonkers but I really think the

‘Getting Your Inbox to Zero’ and

‘How to Get Things Done’ sessions

are the most useful training sessions I have ever been

on. I never say things like that but it’s true! I don’t know if

this is connected but I have definitely felt calmer and less

stressed since the sessions and I genuinely feel a bit more

in control of my workload.”

Zoe Pronger, TheCabinet Office

“The Inbox to Zero training has

worked brilliantly for me - my

Inbox is still at zero and my

weekly review sessions are great for setting direction

for the coming few days. Brilliant and great value for

money.”

Natalie Reynolds, Ealing Council“I liked it. Short, snazzy, fo-cussed and action-oriented.” Maire Burke, eBay

“I liked that we got to work on our actual inboxes and get them to zero. It was very ‘satisfying’. I loved the approach.” Julia Ewald, eBay

“Very good & productive session which just from a psychological point is inspiring. I think I’m a little more organised both in managing my inbox and the way I now work.”Bharat Vadgama, Barclays Commercial Bank

“Very impressed. Actually the most

productive and enjoyable course

I’ve been on.”

Lisa Hutchinson, University of Bristol

“An eye-opener and a great framework for managing

the pressures of life.”

Giles Couzin, University of Bristol

“The session and workshop above all helped clarify in my mind an improved way to categorize items and focus on output.” John Gibson, The National Trust

Practical In-House workshops, immediate changes…

To book our in-house workshops, email info@thinkproductive.co.uk or call us on +44 (0) 1273 913217

Format: 3 hours

1.5 hour workshop,

1.5 hour at-desk coaching

Maximum delegates: 15

Result: 96% of delegates get inboxes to zero

Getting Your Inbox to Zero Introducing the ‘inbox zero’ methodology: Cut down on the time and stress caused by email overload and make friends with your email again.

Format: 3 hours

1 hour workshop, 1 hour group work,

1 hour implementation coaching

Maximum delegates: 15

Result: 92% have planned up-coming meetings to be more effective

Making Meetings MagicHow to stop meetings being a pointlessly long-winded waste of time and make them fresh, impactful, action-orientated, productive and even fun.

Format: 1 day / 6 hours

3 hour workshop then 3 hours at-desk coaching

Maximum delegates: 15

Result: 82% of delegates implement a new workflow system & feel more in control of their work

How to Get Things DoneTime management, but for the information age: learn how to manage attention, focus, projects, actions, priorities and decisions. This workshop will give you the ninja tips, tricks and tools to get more done in less time and with a lot less stress.

How to be a Productivity Ninja We have developed a unique, ninja-like approach to productivity. This short workshop will give you an overview of how we work and show you how to keep a zen-like calm as well as an agile ruthlessness in the face of the enemy – information overload. Ideal for lunch and learn, taster workshops or conference slots.

Format: 3 hours

3 hour workshop with group-work and practical at-desk time

Maximum delegates: 15

Result: Your team makes changes to its physical and digital

environments and makes practical plans to improve

productivity

Smells Like Team SpiritA team should be greater and more productive than the sum of its parts. This workshop shows you how to cut out the unnecessary stuff and create a healthy, fun and productive working environment for your people.

Format: 1.5 hours

1.5 hour workshop with discussion and action-planning

Maximum delegates: unlimited

Result: individual action plans to develop ninja-level

productivity skills

Format: 3 hours

1 hour workshop, 1 hour at-desk coaching,

1 hour group work

Maximum delegates: 15

Result: Your team develops an

email manifesto to make email easier

Email EtiquetteThe average worker spends 41% of their time on email management. This workshop is a priceless opportunity for your team to discuss and plan how to make email easier and more effective for everyone.

Our story

Our ethics

Think Productive was founded by Graham Allcott in 2009, after he made the transition from charity Chief Executive to freelance consultant. For the first 2 years as a freelancer, he was suddenly working without a personal assistant and a great team of ‘do-ers’ and having to rely on himself to be organised, productive and motivated.

Graham’s ‘lightbulb moment’ was after reading David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” (GTD), a book which ironically had sat gathering dust on his shelf during his busy, stressed-out Chief Executive days! It led on to him discovering a whole range of productivity books, blogs, ideas and practical tools which could be of real benefit to individuals and organisations, whilst at the same time as a consultant he was seeing the waste that goes on – not through negligence, but from the stress and chaos of information overload.

Think Productive was born. Our vision is “to make a million people in the UK happier by helping them replace ‘information stress’ with playful, productive momentum”. We’d love you to be part of making it happen!

Think Productive has adopted a ‘social business’ approach from day one. We believe passionately in doing business in the right way, including...

Sustainability - We are passionate about environmental sustainability: We operate as a carbon-neutral company, we only use recycled paper and we constantly review our environmental sustainability and ethical purchasing.

Charities - We help charities in a variety of ways: We offer discounts so that charities can access our workshops and our founder Graham Allcott also donates his time to 3 charities at board-level and mentors social entrepreneurs. We also run our own initiative, “Girls, Stay in School”, which each year provides 2 scholarships for girls at Bhukhabusi Primary School in Uganda to fund their entire secondary education. It helps the girls and their families escape poverty but also helps the school promote awareness of women’s rights in the area.

Being a good employer - Think Productive’s early development also saw it train three people back into work after periods of unemployment through the Future Jobs Fund. We continue to offer work experience, internships and apprenticeships as the business grows.

Get a Productivity Ninja in your office!

Public workshops How to Get Things Done & Getting Your Inbox to Zero

As well as our in-house workshops with ‘at-desk coaching’ for organisations, we also run open access public versions of our two most popular workshops in cities across the UK. Our one-day How to Get Things Done workshop will leave you with a greater sense of clarity and control. We will introduce you to principles from David Allen (GTD), Stephen Covey (7 habits) and other leading thinkers on personal productivity but crucially we’ll also help you to develop your own personal workflow system on the day. Not just a workshop but a do-shop too! Our half-day Getting Your Inbox to Zero workshop also follows our uniquely practical approach: turn up with your laptop and we’ll coach you through principles from Merlin Mann (Inbox Zero), Peter Drucker and David Allen and show you how to email like a Ninja! To book, visit our website and click on “Public Workshops” to find your nearest city. Full Price .............................................................................. £325SME/Public Sector/Large Charity Discount Price ................. £225Small Charity/Micro-business/Freelancer Discount Price ..... £125

Think Productive has a network of Productivity Ninjas based in cities around the UK, ensuring that we are never far away should you want to book an in-house workshop with us. Our Productivity Ninjas are exceptional people and are not your common or garden freelance trainer! They all ‘walk the talk’ when it comes to their own productivity and are brilliant at training and inspiring others. If you want to book a Productivity Ninja to deliver workshops in your company, email hello@thinkproductive.co.uk and we’ll explain more!

Too much information = stress = unproductive behaviour

2nd Floor, 174 Church Road, Hove,

East Sussex, BN3 2DJ

To get in touch with a Productivity Ninja near you email hello@thinkproductive.co.uk +44 (0) 1273 913217

1 in 5 people in the UK are off work with stress each year(Lotus Exchange)

A recent study of Microsoft workers found that it took 15mins

to return to serious mental tasks after an interruption(New York Times 2007)

Workers spend 41% of their time on email management (Radicati Group)

71% of meetings are not productive

(Microsoft study)

59% of middle managers in the UK and USA admit to missing important

information almost every day in their jobs because they can’t find it

(Accenture/Wall St Journal)

90% of managers squander time on ineffective activities

(Harvard Business Review)

65% of those earning £40k or more waste time

trying to find emails compared to 49% of those

earning less than £25k

(Egan Email Solutions)

46% of people are unsure what to do when

given tasks to do by their line manager (HR magazine, UK)